Spoon-holder.



W. B. OREILLY.

SPOON HOLDER.

, APPLICATION FILED AUG.19. 190s.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

- into the contents of the 'FFICE.

WILLIAM B. OREILLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPOON -HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM B. OREILLY, citizen of the United States, residing at New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Spoon.- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is a cheap and simple construction of spoon holder which may be easily applied to the rim of a dish or glass in order to hold the won from sli )ping ish or in order to hold the spoon in suspended relation to a glass, such a medicine glass, and the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully dc-scribe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, ,reierenco is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, 111 which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one application of my improved spoon holder. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank out of which the holder may be formed. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0? the drawings by the same reference characters. I

My improved spoon holder is preferably formed of a piece of sheet metal, bent transversely intermediate of its ends to form a clip member A and a socket member B. The

clip member is formed with longitudinal slits 1 that are connected at their outer ends by a cross-cut 2 so as to produce a relatively wide with off-set edges 6, as clearly illustrated in the drawing, and the jaws are oppositely curved as shown, the jaw .4 being transversely bowed, as mdicated at 7, while the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 19, 1908.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 449,270.

edge of the jaw 3 is correspondinglyrecessed, as indicated at 8, so as to properly conform to the curvature of the rim of a glass or dish with a view of holding the spoon rest firmly in position.

The socket member A is formed with a socket 9 and an entrance opening 10 leading into said socket, the side walls of said entrance opening being rounded as shown, so as to prevent the spoon being scratched by any sharp edges as it is being inserted or removed.

In the practical use of my improved spoon rest or holder, it is clear that a spoon may be securely held in suspended relation within a medicine glass, for instance, as illustrated in F ig. 1, by simply slipping the handle of the spoon into the socket 9, after the clip member has been secured to the rim. of the glass. By applying the device to the .rim of a vegetable or other dish, it'is clear that a spoon may he slipped into the socket and held securel in p ace, being prevented by the spoon rest from slipping down into the contents of the dish.

- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, the herein described spoon holder, consisting of an integral piece of metal bent transversely intermediate of its ends to form a clip member, and a socket member, the clip member being formed with longitudinal slits, terminating short of the outer edge thereof and connected by a cross slit whereby to form co-acting jaws, the said jaws having their edges oppositely off-set, and the jaws themselves being oppositely curved, one of said 'jaws being transversely bowed and the edge of the other jaw being correspondingl recessed.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. OREILLY. 

